The Day I Kissed An Older Man

'Lucas probably didn't mean what he said earlier! It's ridiculous. He might as well just give it to me straight if he didn't believe me! At least I wouldn't have held out hope... Why did he have to be so cruel? Why did he choose to stand firmly by another woman's side when I needed him the most?' thought Melody.

She clenched her fists, desperately trying to control her emotions.

"Don't bother with her. She'll naturally get punished if she's wrong. It's not worth it to shed tears for someone like her," said Lucas without even sparing Melody a glance.

'Someone like me?' Melody found the remark ironic. 'Why does he make it seem like I'm a stranger to him?'

She recalled how Lucas had hugged her and comforted her last night, telling her that he believed her and that he would fix the problem for her.

Yet, at that moment, he had changed his tune, making it seem like he had nothing to do with her.

she had been. She had been too quick to take Lucas' words to heart. Little did she know that those words were just spoken in passing, meant to comfort a woman in

the same way today. Oh Melody, what a fool you are! You're the only one who

feeling that Melody was done

before: Just by looking at them, Mister Lucas and our Miss Stella are the perfect match. Melody doesn't even come close to Miss Stella! She has no qualifications or a nice family background. The Riveras are totally out

Melody was sad to hear that, she did not disagree; what they said had some truth to it.

in her to hold her ground. However, him siding with Stella was

anymore, no matter what the others said about her. What would be the

her to mess up since the day she joined the crew.

glasses pushed up her glasses and looked extremely